UCLA fires Rick Neuheisel

UCLA fires Rick Neuheisel

Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times

UCLA football coach Rick Neuheisel was fired Nov. 28 after a four-year run in which the Bruins had a 21-28 record. The day before the firing, the Bruins had just come off a 50-0 loss to USC, the worst conference loss in school history. Neuheisel, a former UCLA quarterback, was greeted with much fanfare when he replaced Karl Dorrell in 2007, but managed to get the Bruins to a bowl game only once in the three previous seasons.

UCLA football coach Rick Neuheisel was fired Nov. 28 after a four-year run in which the Bruins had a 21-28 record. The day before the firing, the Bruins had just come off a 50-0 loss to USC, the worst conference loss in school history. Neuheisel, a former UCLA quarterback, was greeted with much fanfare when he replaced Karl Dorrell in 2007, but managed to get the Bruins to a bowl game only once in the three previous seasons. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

UCLA football coach Rick Neuheisel was fired Nov. 28 after a four-year run in which the Bruins had a 21-28 record. The day before the firing, the Bruins had just come off a 50-0 loss to USC, the worst conference loss in school history. Neuheisel, a former UCLA quarterback, was greeted with much fanfare when he replaced Karl Dorrell in 2007, but managed to get the Bruins to a bowl game only once in the three previous seasons.